Books

Many people enjoy a good book now and then – on vacation, when they’re waiting in line at the DMV – but other people live for books. They prefer them to Netflix, and if they’ve got a spare 10 minutes, they’d rather read than scroll through social media. They’re a quiet but passionate lot, and...

With so many books, it can be hard to choose a good once. Thankfully Powell’s Books, an Oregon-based book chain, asked some celebrated authors for their suggestions. Here are 15 book recommendations from some brilliant minds. 15. Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life...

Retellings aren’t just classic novels being re-written or even just updated to reflect modern times. When done well, movies like Clueless (a retelling of Emma) and 10 Things I Hate About You (a retelling of The Taming of the Shrew) become classics in their own right. These 10 authors are hoping that their young adult novels bring something new to the conversation,...

Bookworms are always in the mood to learn about new books to read, right? As it turns out, authors have some great recommendations for the rest of us. Independent bookstore and institution Powell’s Books asked several writers to recommend some books for voracious readers. Let’s check out some of these suggestions. 10. Mystwick School of Musicraft...

As a kid, I loved to read. I devoured The Babysitters’ Club, Nancy Drew, A Wrinkle in Time, Judy Blume – anything I could get my hands on, really. The first time I ended up with a Choose Your Own Adventure book, my mind was blown. I can’t say for sure if or how much those books informed my...

If you’ve ever found yourself wondering whether or not people in the olden days had better or more clever jokes than we do today, well, the New York Public Library Digital Collections has your answer – and it’s “definitely now.” They’ve found this book titled The Gag Book, a handwritten collection of vaudevillian jokes and...

Every fan of a series like Harry Potter, which is more than a story – it’s an entire world – knows that there will always be characters and interactions and happenings that didn’t make it onto the page. We would have read about them forever, of course, but authors want to move on and blah blah blah....

Times are tough right now with record unemployment rates. However, broke bookworms need not despair. The internet doesn’t only have a wealth of resources for job hunting and career development, it also has free books–and lots of them. Here are 10 of the best places to go to serve your insatiable need to read. 1....